moat
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Up until now, the primary moat for OpenAI and Anthropic was simple: By comparison, their competitors’ products weren’t very good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
FRANKFURT—For decades, thousands of niche, world-class manufacturers that form the backbone of the German economy relied on an unassailable moat: unmatched quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
"This gives them profitability that helps to produce a moat between them and smaller firms" who cannot maintain the same level of spending and research investment, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The real Nvidia moat was never just the silicon; the software locks developers in.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The shore surrounding the ice moat was little more than a slender, slippery rind of white stone.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck argues the memory-chip stocks don’t have competitive moats, and notes their profit explosion is driven by temporary pricing power over sales volumes.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Rakhlenko wrote that this further raises questions around share loss and Tractor Supply’s business moats.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
No business is good enough to buy at any price, but the combination of recent selloffs and wide moats make some dented compounder stocks interesting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
A few taller buildings stood up out of the floodwaters like castles with moats, and the tops of palm trees and electric poles sprouted from the water like mangroves.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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